Statement From Fairfax County Electoral Board on Nov. 8, 2013

Nov. 8, 2013

The Fairfax County Electoral Board released the following statement
regarding its investigation of the apparent error in absentee ballot
returns in the 8th Congressional District and its continuing canvass of
the election results in Fairfax County.

“Earlier today, we directed the staff to begin a canvass of the
8th District Central Absentee Precinct. That process continued
until noon, when the board met in an open meeting with the Election
Office staff who are working the canvass, representatives of the
Republican and Democratic parties, representatives of the Herring and
Obenshain campaigns and the general public.

During that meeting, the discussion revolved around two optical scan
machine tape records, one that had been included in the results, and one
that had not been included in the results. After discussion with
the parties and the staff, the board directed the staff to complete the
canvass and to present the results of their final investigation to us
once that investigation was complete. We were notified late Friday
that the staff would be prepared to present their investigation results
on Saturday morning.

The board will meet again with the canvass staff and observers to hear
the results of their investigation at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, in the
Conference Center of the Fairfax County Government Center. This
meeting is open to the public.

Our provisional ballot meeting will begin at 2 p.m. We anticipate
concluding the investigation of the 8th District issue and the
provisional ballot meeting on Saturday, Nov. 9 and the overall canvass on
Sunday, Nov. 10.”